Pride of Lucknow

2013

Pride Of Lucknow Award

Lucknow Literary Festival is being started at Lucknow the capital of Uttar Pradesh, to promote the literary & cultural genius of Uttar Pradesh & Lucknow in particular ! To carry on this legacy, and consciously try to enlighten the authors, special award ‘Pride of Lucknow’ has also been initiated and presented to 7 legends in the 1st edition of the festival who have contributed & highlighted Lucknow in various aspects.

Padma Bhushan Gopal Das Neeraj

Outstanding Contribution in Hindi Language

True representative of Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb of Lucknow. He prefer to call himself ‘Kavi-Shayer of Hindi-Urdu’ languages. Very popular on stage for his poetry and stories. Awarded numerous times for his contributions in literature, which he also inherited from his family ! Well versed in 4 languages Hindi, Urdu, Awadhi & English. He is into creative writings like ghazal, geet, story, write-up, reviews, etc. Various newspapers & magazines regularly publishes his articles and poetry. He is famous poet across India and international also in mushaira and kavi sammelans. He is also active on radio and television programmes. His one of the remarkable milestone is poetry recital and speech in parliament of Sri Lanka.

Padma Bhushan Gopal Das Neeraj
Padma Shri Bekal Utsahi

Padma Shri Bekal Utsahi

Outstanding Contribution in Awadhi Language

Ayaz-uddin Khalid, popularly known as RJ Ayaz who must need no introduction to the regular listeners of the radio. Known through his talk shows on Radio City 91.1 currently and previously has worked with RTV, AIR FM, 92.7 Big FM and 94.3 My FM. Apart from this he holds a successful track-record of doing voice-overs for Discovery, National Geographic, CNN-IBN and other TV channels, on various documentaries for independent producers. A highly talented, dynamic & energetic Media professional, with 20+ years of successful career as a Producer, Radio Jockey, Voice over Artist, with reasonable grasp of operational aspects

Malikzada Manzoor Ahmed

Outstanding Contribution in Urdu Language

Ayaz-uddin Khalid, popularly known as RJ Ayaz who must need no introduction to the regular listeners of the radio. Known through his talk shows on Radio City 91.1 currently and previously has worked with RTV, AIR FM, 92.7 Big FM and 94.3 My FM. Apart from this he holds a successful track-record of doing voice-overs for Discovery, National Geographic, CNN-IBN and other TV channels, on various documentaries for independent producers. A highly talented, dynamic & energetic Media professional, with 20+ years of successful career as a Producer, Radio Jockey, Voice over Artist, with reasonable grasp of operational aspects

Malikzada Manzoor Ahmed
Vinod Mehta

Vinod Mehta

Outstanding Contribution in English Language

Ayaz-uddin Khalid, popularly known as RJ Ayaz who must need no introduction to the regular listeners of the radio. Known through his talk shows on Radio City 91.1 currently and previously has worked with RTV, AIR FM, 92.7 Big FM and 94.3 My FM. Apart from this he holds a successful track-record of doing voice-overs for Discovery, National Geographic, CNN-IBN and other TV channels, on various documentaries for independent producers. A highly talented, dynamic & energetic Media professional, with 20+ years of successful career as a Producer, Radio Jockey, Voice over Artist, with reasonable grasp of operational aspects

Padma Shri Raj Bisaria

Outstanding Contribution in Art & Culture

Ayaz-uddin Khalid, popularly known as RJ Ayaz who must need no introduction to the regular listeners of the radio. Known through his talk shows on Radio City 91.1 currently and previously has worked with RTV, AIR FM, 92.7 Big FM and 94.3 My FM. Apart from this he holds a successful track-record of doing voice-overs for Discovery, National Geographic, CNN-IBN and other TV channels, on various documentaries for independent producers. A highly talented, dynamic & energetic Media professional, with 20+ years of successful career as a Producer, Radio Jockey, Voice over Artist, with reasonable grasp of operational aspects

Padma Shri Raj Bisaria
Padma Shri Runa Banerjee

Padma Shri Runa Banerjee

Outstanding Contribution in Women Empowerment

Ayaz-uddin Khalid, popularly known as RJ Ayaz who must need no introduction to the regular listeners of the radio. Known through his talk shows on Radio City 91.1 currently and previously has worked with RTV, AIR FM, 92.7 Big FM and 94.3 My FM. Apart from this he holds a successful track-record of doing voice-overs for Discovery, National Geographic, CNN-IBN and other TV channels, on various documentaries for independent producers. A highly talented, dynamic & energetic Media professional, with 20+ years of successful career as a Producer, Radio Jockey, Voice over Artist, with reasonable grasp of operational aspects

Jayant Krishna

Outstanding Contribution in Corporate Sector & Heritage Rejuvenation

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